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Of courage. >> reporter: yesterday police evacuated 3,000 residents and hundreds of cattle from the two towns firefighters died trying to protect. >> it's horrible. i can't even imagine. enough to lose your life fighting fire. it's horrible for a family. >> reporter: almost 30,000 firefighters are on scene in nine western states, fighting 245 active fires. 95 considered large and out of control. the bad news, weather is getting worse. winds gusting 30 miles per hour with temps in the low 90s. >> i am activating oregon national guardsmen and women to begin training to fight oregon fires. >> rep...
Accident and the fire overtook them which explains why they were unable to get into their protective shelters which only takes a minute. they tried to get into a safe position when they went off the road. >> to lose your life fighting fire is horrible for a family. rue * it's been crazy. it's been scary and i wish this wasn't happening. it's something we dread, but here it is. now we have to face it. >> reporter: the weather forecast for days horrible. wind gusts. 3,000 people were evacuated last night. like washington, the governor of oregon has called up the national guard.
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Odd behavior of a gunman in the colorado theater massacre. a psychiatrist said james holmes told her he was in jail because he took blood that wasn't his to take. and a former co-worker testified holmes didn't understand when someone was joking with him. the defense is trying to prove holmes was legally insane at the time of the attack. if the jury agrees he would be committed to a mental hospital. turning to washington state where hundreds of people are spending the night away from their homes because of wildfires. fast moving fire you're seeing here burning 120 miles east of seattle burned...